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On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 17:04:56 -0700 (PDT), Mike A Schwab
wrote: On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 8:46:10 PM UTC-5, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 8:31:44 PM UTC-4, Jeff Liebermann wrote: Snipped Instead, I suggest decorating a U-lock to look like a stick of dynamite. http://inertproducts.com/dynamite http://www.eod-gear.com/inert-training-dynamite/ Some printed paper wrapped around the straight part of the lock should suffice. Now, would you grind or saw your way through what might be enough explosive to vaporize you, the lock, the bike, the bike rack, and most of the neighborhood? I don't think so. Yep. Then you come back to your bike and find that it's been blown to pieces by Homeland Security because someone reported it looked like a bomb. our bike is still gone. I just hate it when I get taken seriously. I posted the dynamite idea to suggest that it doesn't matter if it's barf gas, explosives, or confetti, it's still a bomb. Sorry, but I guess I should have been more obvious and less sarcastic. http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/...k_band_th.html A sticker for the band "This bike is a pipe bomb" got a guy brought up on charges. He was found guilty as charged, but still didn't bother removing the sticker: http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/08/3_days_after_conviction_kalama.html It's difficult to tell from the small photo, but the sticker and bicycle looks very new, as if had been applied just before his Occupy Kalamazoo protest. Claiming that "he forgot the sticker was even on the bike" doesn't seem very compelling. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 19:12:06 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote: On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 17:04:56 -0700 (PDT), Mike A Schwab wrote: On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 8:46:10 PM UTC-5, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 8:31:44 PM UTC-4, Jeff Liebermann wrote: Snipped Instead, I suggest decorating a U-lock to look like a stick of dynamite. http://inertproducts.com/dynamite http://www.eod-gear.com/inert-training-dynamite/ Some printed paper wrapped around the straight part of the lock should suffice. Now, would you grind or saw your way through what might be enough explosive to vaporize you, the lock, the bike, the bike rack, and most of the neighborhood? I don't think so. Yep. Then you come back to your bike and find that it's been blown to pieces by Homeland Security because someone reported it looked like a bomb. our bike is still gone. I just hate it when I get taken seriously. I posted the dynamite idea to suggest that it doesn't matter if it's barf gas, explosives, or confetti, it's still a bomb. Sorry, but I guess I should have been more obvious and less sarcastic. After having one 125cc motorcycle stolen from under a Thai house (built on stilts) I thought seriously about connecting the new one to the electrical power system and driving a ground post near the bike. Connect the power leg to the bike and the neutral to the ground post. (Note: in Northern Thailand in those days that would be perfectly legal. In fact shooting thieves was legal :-) Than the lightening bolt of reality struck. Got up late. Swig a cupa. Late to work. In a hurry. Down the steps grab the bike. WHAP! So I never did it. But I still think it was a pretty good idea :-) http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/...k_band_th.html A sticker for the band "This bike is a pipe bomb" got a guy brought up on charges. He was found guilty as charged, but still didn't bother removing the sticker: http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/08/3_days_after_conviction_kalama.html It's difficult to tell from the small photo, but the sticker and bicycle looks very new, as if had been applied just before his Occupy Kalamazoo protest. Claiming that "he forgot the sticker was even on the bike" doesn't seem very compelling. -- cheers, John B. |
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On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 1:29:18 AM UTC-7, somebody wrote:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...ediately-vomit Like many Bay area entrepreneurs, the SkunkLock creators are crowdfunding for their future. Pledging $99 to their Indiegogo fund promises a customer their own SkunkLock in June 2017, pending risk assessment by their legal team. There are simply too many difficulties with this sort of booby trap. And this is probably illegal since it could effect passers-by who normally ignore the sounds of a grinder cutting through the hardest locks we have. In the extremely unlikely event of a person being caught trying to steal a bike the cops and courts do almost nothing. You can look at Craigslist and see that people that are selling bikes don't know a single thing about the bikes they are selling. They don't even know the size. And the manufacturers don't help anything by not putting serial numbers on them. |
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On Monday, October 24, 2016 at 7:28:41 PM UTC-4, W. Wesley Groleau wrote:
On 10-24-2016 12:41, wrote: And the manufacturers don't help anything by not putting serial numbers on them. I don't remember owning a bike without a serial number. not that it matters—95% or better won't know their serial number when their bike is stolen. -- Wes Groleau My MIELE Equipe Pro Columbus SL with full Dura Ace did not have a serial number. I had another bicycle with the serial registered with the police department but when that bicycle was stolen I discovered upon reporting it to the police that the police had lost the file. Keep your serial number in a place where you can find it if you ever need it. |
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On Monday, October 24, 2016 at 4:28:41 PM UTC-7, W. Wesley Groleau wrote:
On 10-24-2016 12:41, wrote: And the manufacturers don't help anything by not putting serial numbers on them. I don't remember owning a bike without a serial number. not that it matters—95% or better won't know their serial number when their bike is stolen. -- Wes Groleau Many steel and aluminum top grade bikes do not have a serial number because they are built by small separate builders that the company they are built for (such as Eddy Merckx) don't want to screw up the paint jobs punching numbers into the BB shell. Carbon bikes are usually only serial numbered with a separate plate and many companies do not do that. |
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